# What Microsoft 365 is

A subscription, not a program. What arrives with it and what does not.

7 screens, about three minutes. Pictures, almost no words.

## It is not a program.

*Picture: One large box with the words Microsoft 365 inside it.*

There is nothing on your machine called this.

## You are renting a workshop.

*Picture: Two panels. On the left a box labelled buy once. On the right a green box labelled pay monthly.*

Stop paying and the tools stop opening.

## Apps, and the space behind them.

*Picture: A dashed frame labelled what you rent holding six boxes: Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint.*

The storage matters more than the apps.

## The account is the thing.

*Picture: A box labelled your organisation with a green box inside it labelled your account.*

It decides what opens, and what you can see.

## Not everything is in the price.

*Picture: Three boxes in a row labelled included, extra, and not sold, with the middle one amber.*

Copilot is the one people assume is included.

## Do today

Find out which Microsoft 365 plan your account is on. Somebody in IT will know.

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